University of Colorado at Boulder
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BMP ID: 5046
Title: Barren well location will result in visual contrast.
Text: Barren Areas = Mud + Weeds + Maintenance $ + Lost Forage + Visual Contrast: "Leaving large, barren well locations during the life of the well will increase visual contrast and other impacts including soil and forage loss, noxious weeds, and maintenance costs."
Source Publication Name: Visual Resource Management BMPs
Citation Section: Reduce Unnecessary Disturbance Part 3
Citation Page: 27
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Production / Operation / Maintenance
• Reclamation
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
Primary Contact: Jim Perry
Minerals, Realty, and Resource Protection Directorate,Division of Fluid Minerals
1620 L Street, N.W, Room 501
Washington, DC  20036  United States
Phone:(202) 452-5063     Alt. Phone:
Fax:(202) 452-0386     E-mail: 
Alternate Contact:  
 
Categories: Visual Aesthetics
Vegetation
Soils (Conservation, Pollution, Reclamation)
Location: General / Federal
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Date Entered: 2009-04-23 15:56 UTC
Last Updated: 2011-02-06 14:48 UTC